The Twins entertain the Rockies tonight. It is Colorado's first visit since 2017, so previous matchups probably don't matter much. The Rockies are 30-40 in the tough NL West. They feature former Twin CJ Cron at first base. He leads the team in homers and RBI. I frankly don't recognize many of their players other than shortstop Jose Iglesias. Starting for the Rockies is German Marquez, who has poor numbers, but who doesn't when you pitch half of your games at Coors Field. 

The Twins are coming off losing two straight series, first losing two of three in Arizona and then losing two late-inning leads to Cleveland and surrendering first place to the Guardians. For the third straight game Byron Buxton is out of the lineup. Also out are Trevor Larnach and Gary Sanchez. Nick Gordon, Gilberto Celestino and Jose Miranda (apparently Rocco reads TD!) are in the lineup. Dylan Bundy hopes to back up his eight inning performance in Arizona this time against another NL West club (Colorado). I expect many runs to be scored and the winnner will be the team that makes the most of their opportunities. The Twins are virtually tied with Cleveland. The Guardians face the Red Sox this weekend while the Twins wrap up their homestand against Colorado. It is an opportunity to retake the lead and the Twins will being going on the road after this weekend.

 

 

HITTERS	H-AB	RBI	HR	SB	AVG
C. JoeLF	69-254	16	5	3	.272
Y. DazaCF	58-181	16	0	0	.320
C. BlackmonDH	67-252	38	11	2	.266
C.J. Cron1B	81-274	52	17	0	.296
B. Rodgers2B	60-235	32	6	0	.255
R. McMahon3B	60-242	37	6	0	.248
J. IglesiasSS	63-208	18	0	2	.303
R. GrichukRF	54-211	34	7	2	.256
E. DiazC	35-157	18	4	0	.223

 

HITTERS	H-AB	RBI	HR	SB	AVG
L. Arraez2B	76-218	25	4	2	.349
C. CorreaSS	59-195	23	7	0	.303
M. KeplerRF	50-208	31	7	2	.240
G. Urshela3B	57-218	29	6	0	.261
A. Kirilloff1B	10-49	5	0	0	.204
J. MirandaDH	29-127	16	4	0	.228
N. GordonLF	38-145	9	2	3	.262
R. JeffersC	30-150	20	5	0	.200
G. CelestinoCF    34-112 5 0 0  .305

 

PLAYER	W-L	ERA	WHIP	IP	H	K	BB	HR
G. Marquez	3-5	6.16	1.55	73.0	89	66	24	14
D. Bundy	4-3	5.17	1.31	54.0	61	44	10	10

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Nice save, Stringer.

Celestino has to resurrect his batting average.

Baseball needs more characters like Mike Redmond.

My vantage point tonight. 

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

My vantage point tonight. 

Not the view I'm getting from my radio.

1 minute ago, Nine of twelve said:

My vantage point tonight. 

Was near there last game of Yank series

5 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

My vantage point tonight. 

Perfect night for a ball game. Enjoy!

Encouraging start. The Rockies offense is horrible on the road. 

17 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Nice save, Stringer.

Pad save.

Arraez’ belt???

Good first from Bundy. Arraez gets on to start the bottom of 1.

Kinda sad to see Kepler-Urshela hitting 3-4.

2 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Encouraging start. The Rockies offense is horrible on the road. 

Why is that? I mean not just the Rockies, but what causes teams to slump on the road? Travel fatigue, uncomfortable feeling, strange surroundings, angle of the sun...

1 minute ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Why is that? I mean not just the Rockies, but what causes teams to slump on the road? Travel fatigue, uncomfortable feeling, strange surroundings, angle of the sun...

In Chief's absence I'll answer--"yes".

I once attended a Twins-Yankees game at the Metrodome in which Don Mattingly recorded 21 put-outs.  CJ Cron is starting well toward that mark.

2 minutes ago, BH67 said:

I once attended a Twins-Yankees game at the Metrodome in which Don Mattingly recorded 21 put-outs.  CJ Cron is starting well toward that mark.

Was he the only guy in the field? I won''t be surprised if the Yankees went with only one fielder and a pitcher. You know, they never have any trouble beating the Twins.

Let's hope the chopper doesn't cause a big inning.

Crisis averted on the first pitch.

Just now, Dave The Dastardly said:

Was he the only guy in the field? I won''t be surprised if the Yankees went with only one fielder and a pitcher. You know, they never have any trouble beating the Twins.

IIRC, Tommy John threw a lot of sinkers and the Twins kept pounding the ball into the ground.

Urshela with another "not an error" play that could've been made...

Kirilloff will hit the ball hard this time, I predict.

1 minute ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Was he the only guy in the field? I won''t be surprised if the Yankees went with only one fielder and a pitcher. You know, they never have any trouble beating the Twins.

That Twins team won the World Series (1987).  And it was actually 22.

Mr, Gio Urshela , what was that ?

That's three warning track balls in a row to left field for Kirilloff.

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Mr, Gio Urshela , what was that ?

The only play he had. Done correctly. 

Whoops! Gotta go. Catch ya'll later.

2 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Whoops! Gotta go. Catch ya'll later.

This is Minnesota. It’s you guys, not y’all. 

Only the top of the third and I see the Twins have already broken up the perfect game against them.